New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 7, 2022

3,347 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary report →

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $142.65/cwt -6.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,181/hd at 828 lb · 271 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $180.67/cwt +0.62 vs last sale · ≈ $845/hd at 468 lb · 109 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $148.49/cwt -4.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,136/hd at 765 lb · 109 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,347	2,489	5,180
Feeder cattle	2,833	2,203	4,214
Slaughter cattle	225	164	540
Replacement cattle	289	122	426

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves ranged from 2.00 to 10.00 lower, while feeder steers and heifers were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–293	277	13	187.00–218.00	$205.15	$568	+2.15
305–348	324	12	193.00–217.00	$210.18	$681	+21.21
351–395	374	58	189.00–214.00	$201.00	$752	-6.58
400–445	417	49	170.00–210.00	$193.35	$806	+0.49
430 thin fleshed	430	6	203.00	$203.00	$873	—
459 thin fleshed	459	4	187.00	$187.00	$858	—
450–495	468	105	170.00–193.00	$180.43	$844	+0.38
501 thin fleshed	501	14	186.00	$186.00	$932	—
500–540	522	64	164.00–181.00	$173.61	$906	-11.48
553–586	566	96	154.00–177.00	$161.00	$911	-19.09
605–647	626	66	154.50–165.00	$158.56	$993	+0.12
652–698	681	53	140.00–155.00	$149.36	$1,017	-1.64
700–743	722	22	135.00–153.00	$144.79	$1,045	-10.21
751–786	765	109	136.00–150.75	$148.49	$1,136	-5.17
823–848	828	271	128.00–146.25	$142.65	$1,181	-6.47
930	930	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,209	-2.00
1019	1019	6	120.00	$120.00	$1,223	-7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–280	267	5	170.00–197.00	$185.67	$496	—
326	326	10	195.00	$195.00	$636	+27.82
350–395	362	19	161.00–180.00	$177.01	$641	-6.02
406–445	427	37	164.00–189.00	$175.80	$751	+2.75
455–498	482	44	160.00–181.00	$173.96	$838	+6.45
510–545	515	28	160.00–170.00	$164.09	$845	-3.65
550–580	572	27	150.00–166.00	$156.50	$895	-8.29
608–643	629	20	141.00–152.00	$144.86	$911	-4.54
670–695	683	2	135.00–145.00	$140.09	$957	+3.09
723	723	2	137.00	$137.00	$991	-8.00
765–792	782	12	127.00–143.00	$138.19	$1,081	—
830	830	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,079	—
855	855	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,120	-6.50
950	950	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,140	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–323	322	5	157.00–162.00	$160.01	$515	+10.01
355	355	2	143.00	$143.00	$508	-2.00
420–448	437	9	148.00–164.00	$155.66	$680	+6.90
455–495	478	4	136.00–143.00	$139.68	$668	-13.10
503	503	2	140.00	$140.00	$704	-3.15
535	535	1	131.00	$131.00	$701	-12.15
570–575	573	2	135.00–144.00	$139.52	$799	-0.31
630	630	2	135.00	$135.00	$850	+2.79
701–725	705	11	126.00–132.50	$131.29	$926	+2.29
915	915	2	111.00	$111.00	$1,016	-0.50

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	3	54.50	$54.50	$311	—
685	685	2	58.50	$58.50	$401	+3.00
705	705	2	79.00	$79.00	$557	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115–118	117	4	375.00–400.00	$393.87	—
160	160	2	360.00	$360.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	325.00–400.00	$363.28	—
435	435	2	410.00	$410.00	—
450–460	455	2	400.00	$400.00	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	140.00	$140.00	$413	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	185.00	$185.00	$527	+13.25
305–320	315	7	185.00–191.00	$188.10	$593	+1.62
303–337 thin fleshed	329	8	180.00–187.00	$181.61	$597	—
353–398	373	57	162.00–189.50	$180.81	$674	-2.52
395 value added	395	13	180.00	$180.00	$711	—
410 thin fleshed	410	3	185.00	$185.00	$758	—
400–426	417	52	158.00–185.00	$175.04	$730	+0.22
433–440	435	12	160.00	$160.00	$696	-14.82
453 thin fleshed	453	8	176.00	$176.00	$797	—
453 value added	453	2	172.00	$172.00	$779	—
450–497	465	66	151.00–171.00	$162.96	$758	-2.76
502–537	520	51	150.00–161.00	$155.14	$807	+3.48
551–593	579	68	146.50–155.00	$150.46	$871	+5.58
585	585	13	137.00	$137.00	$801	-7.88
603–646	634	34	131.00–142.50	$139.38	$884	-6.77
656–686	667	41	133.00–145.00	$136.86	$913	-8.98
714–748	725	9	130.00–135.00	$133.28	$966	-6.93
754–795	765	47	132.00–140.00	$137.46	$1,052	—
833	833	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,116	-1.64

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	176.00	$176.00	$510	+26.00
312–343	327	20	159.00–175.00	$169.41	$554	+24.41
390–392	391	4	150.00–165.00	$157.52	$616	+11.50
405–442	431	37	145.00–164.00	$158.65	$684	+9.99
464	464	8	146.00	$146.00	$677	-3.04
452–493	475	29	140.00–160.00	$155.19	$737	+6.15
501–537	507	19	140.00–154.50	$147.32	$747	-1.33
550–586	567	20	133.00–149.00	$141.07	$800	-3.63
600–643	617	19	127.00–134.00	$131.16	$809	+4.96
655–682	674	13	136.00–137.00	$136.22	$918	+2.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	279	5	155.00–159.00	$156.46	$437	+33.46
340	340	2	140.00	$140.00	$476	+16.77
382	382	3	127.00	$127.00	$485	+8.53
402–420	411	4	125.00–145.00	$134.78	$554	+0.58
496	496	4	140.00	$140.00	$694	+6.06
501–510	503	9	120.00–126.00	$124.65	$627	+14.65
550	550	2	120.00	$120.00	$660	-8.38
638	638	5	118.50	$118.50	$756	-9.19

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
596	596	5	110.00	$110.00	$656	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552	552	3	54.00	$54.00	$298	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	120.00	$120.00	$468	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
510	510	2	385.00	$385.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	184.00	$184.00	$616	-0.21
355–395	379	7	185.00–195.00	$190.53	$722	—
435–448	444	3	162.00–181.00	$168.21	$747	—
465	465	1	179.00	$179.00	$832	-2.52
597	597	3	140.00	$140.00	$836	—
853	853	9	107.00	$107.00	$913	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–535	518	2	138.00–150.00	$143.80	$745	+3.80
700	700	2	120.00	$120.00	$840	-1.89

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
480	480	2	475.00	$475.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–785	775	80-85%	2	60.00–61.50	$60.76	$471	—
820–1725	1062	80-85%	43	62.00–75.00	$69.55	$739	—
865–1470	1126	80-85%	20	72.50–85.00	$78.46	$883	+2.20
940–1470	1147	80-85%	55	73.00–90.50	$80.52	$924	—
1105–1480	1234	80-85%	4	86.50–90.00	$87.89	$1,085	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–750	702	85-90%	10	33.00–40.00	$36.09	$253	—
625–775	711	85-90%	9	41.00–52.00	$46.07	$328	—
770–930	892	85-90%	9	49.00–68.00	$53.97	$481	+0.63
895–990	928	85-90%	3	54.50–59.00	$56.42	$524	+11.63
1020	1020	85-90%	1	71.00	$71.00	$724	—
895–1208	1055	85-90%	40	61.50–89.50	$66.12	$698	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1790	1254	75-80%	16	75.00–95.00	$85.51	$1,072	—
1350	1350	75-80%	1	73.00	$73.00	$986	—
1275–1450	1388	75-80%	5	80.00–85.00	$83.67	$1,161	—
1945	1945	75-80%	3	104.00	$104.00	$2,023	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1845	1547	6	70.00–83.00	$79.33	$1,227	—
1505–1880	1648	11	85.00–98.00	$91.44	$1,507	—
1600–2000	1798	6	101.00–107.00	$104.17	$1,873	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075	1075	1	85.00	$85.00	$914	—
1535	1535	1	55.00	$55.00	$844	—
1305–1810	1558	2	92.00–93.00	$92.58	$1,442	—
1575–2005	1847	5	105.00–118.00	$110.03	$2,032	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
823–921	872	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	96.50–113.00	$104.75	$913

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–1110	964	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	775.00–925.00	$840.00
845–1225	1041	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	775.00–880.00	$836.67
910–1320	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	820.00–975.00	$903.00
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–985	919	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	725.00–775.00	$750.00
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1215–1340	1258	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,225.00–1,275.00	$1,250.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1403	1403	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	580.00	$580.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
728	728	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,075.00	$1,075.00
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	975.00	$975.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885–1040	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00–1,210.00	$1,136.67	—
1052	1052	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,050.00	$1,050.00	-66.67
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	-16.67
1020–1133	1116	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,025.00–1,125.00	$1,085.00	—
1303	1303	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1147	1147	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1305	1305	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1315–1400	1363	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00–1,425.00	$1,353.33	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1023	1023	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00	$900.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	500.00	$500.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	3	140.00	$140.00	$641	—
532	532	2	131.00	$131.00	$697	—
552	552	19	124.00	$124.00	$684	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	13	140.00	$140.00	$644	—
526	526	8	143.00	$143.00	$752	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.